A frightening and fascinating masterpiece of science reporting that reads like a detective storyIt may have been eight years since David Quammen's Spillover was first published, but its prescience is spookily topical this plague year -- Richard Dawkins ? New StatesmanQuammen?s book is compelling and shows that there are many candidates out there vying to be the next pandemic ? British Journal of General PracticeQuammen has a wide range of knowledge, an agile pen, and a generous heart ? New York Times Book ReviewA tremendous book...this gives you all you need to know and all you should know. Quammen?s research and the analysis make sensationalism unnecessary ? Sunday Times Biografía del autor David Quammen is a recipient of the Academy Award in Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters and the author of several acclaimed natural history titles. His book, The Song of the Dodo, won the BP Natural World Book Prize in 1996.